'Welter' definitions:

Definition of 'welter'

(from WordNet)
noun
A confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother]
verb
Toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way; "The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours"
verb
Roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud" [syn: wallow, welter]
verb
Be immersed in; "welter in work"

Definition of 'Welter'

From: GCIDE
  • Welter \Wel"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Weltered; p. pr. & vb. n. Weltering.] [Freq. of OE. walten to roll over, AS. wealtan; akin to LG. weltern, G. walzen to roll, to waltz, sich w[aum]lzen to welter, OHG. walzan to roll, Icel. velta, Dan. v[ae]lte, Sw. v[aum]ltra, v[aum]lta; cf. Goth. waltjan; probably akin to E. wallow, well, v. i. [root]146. See Well, v. i., and cf. Waltz.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow. [1913 Webster]
  • When we welter in pleasures and idleness, then we eat and drink with drunkards. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
  • These wizards welter in wealth's waves. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • The priests at the altar . . . weltering in their blood. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows. "The weltering waves." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Waves that, hardly weltering, die away. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
  • Through this blindly weltering sea. --Trench. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Welter'

From: GCIDE
  • Welter \Wel"ter\, a. (Horse Racing) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Welter'

From: GCIDE
  • Welter \Wel"ter\, n. [1913 Webster]
  • 1. That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough. [1913 Webster]
  • The foul welter of our so-called religious or other controversies. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Welter'

From: GCIDE
  • Welter \Wel"ter\, v. t. [Cf. Wilt, v. i.] To wither; to wilt. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Weltered hearts and blighted . . . memories. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'welter'

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Words containing 'Welter'